Specifications

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4 Click Share Point below the list.
5 Click Protocol Options.
This opens the protocol window with conguration options for AFP, SMB, FTP, and NFS.
6 Click SMB.
7 Provide SMB access to the share point by selecting “Share this item using SMB.”
8 Permit unregistered users to have access to the share point by selecting Allow SMB
guest access.”
For greater security, don’t select this item.
9 To change the name that clients see when they browse for and connect to the share
point using SMB, enter a new name in the “Custom SMB name eld.
Changing the custom SMB name doesn’t aect the name of the share point itself, only
the name that SMB clients see.
10 If the share point is only using SMB, select the type of locking for the share point:
To permit clients to use opportunistic le locking, select “Enable oplocks.” Â
To have clients use standard locks on server les, select “Enable strict locking.” Â
11 If you are using only POSIX permissions, choose a method for assigning default access
privileges for new les and folders in the share point:
To have new items adopt the privileges of the enclosing item, select “Inherit Â
permissions from parent.”
To assign specic privileges, select Assign as follows and set the Owner, Group, and Â
Everyone privileges using the pop-up menus.
12 Click OK, then click Save.
From the command line:
1 To change SMB settings:
$ sudo sharing -e path -s 001 -A customname -g guestflags
2 To update the SMB service information to use the new share point settings:
$ sudo serveradmin command smb:command = syncPrefs